ENGL 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Geocentric Model, Celestial Spheres, The Sun Rising
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Only 2 out of a vast amount of his poetry wasn"t distributed during his life. He found it a more private and personal endeavour. Ex. he describes a man and woman as two point of a compass, two things that seem completely di erent are brought together and explored. Distinct feature - his life falls into 2 chapters: donne as the young love melancholic (pursuing love a airs) v. religious and devotional poetry after becoming a minister; also wrote theological works. Melancholic poetry: known for being extremely sexually graphic. We cannot necessarily assume that the sexual poetry was written all at the beginning of his life and the religious all at the end. Usually the poem speaks to the woman, here the speaker references the woman but he addresses the sun. Could be annoyed or frustrated: he wants to stay in the moment and the sun is forcing them to keep moving.
